I normally turn to my Scentsy  collection when I want my home to smell like the holidays but they haven’t made the scent that tickles my memories of my childhood Christmases. That’s when a friend of mine reminded me of how you can just use your stove top and some easy to find ingredients that do the trick.

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What you will need:
1/2 cup cranberries
1 bay leaf
1 orange, sliced
1 green lemon
2 cinnamon sticks
1 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp pumpkin spice
2 TBS cloves
2 1/2 cups water

Here’s what you do:
1. Fill a medium size pot with 2 1/2 cups of cold water, put on the stove top.
2. Add all the ingredients into the pot and simmer on the lowest level until all water has evaporated.

3. Refill and re-simmer (not sure that’s even a word but it totally works here so there ya have it…) until your home fills with the smells of the holidays.

.: Side Note:.
I use green lemons because they have a stronger smell then yellow lemons, but if you can’t find green ones try using two yellow lemons in it’s place.

Don’t get me wrong Scentsy has a wonderful Winter collection which I do turn to this time of year but some times you just need to make your own wonderful smells